The Impact of the Width of the Tracking Area on Speckle Tracking Parameters-Methodological Aspects of Deformation Imaging.

Aims The aim of this study was to analyze the impact of the tracking area width on myocardial wall motion and deformation parameters in 2D speckle tracking. Methods and Results Standardized apical views were acquired in 30 healthy subjects and 15 patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction u...

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Published in:Echocardiography Vol. 31; no. 5; pp. 586 - 597
Main Authors: Stoebe, Stephan, Tarr, Adrienn, Pfeiffer, Dietrich, Hagendorff, Andreas
Format: diagnostic images pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell May2014
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